~*~A Night To Remember~*~

~*~Chapter Three~*~

She woke up bright and early the next morning and wasn't at all suprised that everyone else was up and about, getting ready for the celebration and ceremony. She put on a chinese style tight black dress and went downstairs to join her family for breakfast. When she arrived in the royal dining room everyone was already sitting and waiting.

"Happy Birthday Usagi!!" everyone said in unison and Chibi-Usa was suprised they were talking to her. All her life she had been called Chibi-Usa, she would now have to get used to being called her full name.

Usagi smiled and said "Thank you everyone."

"I'll have to get used to calling her that," said Diana with a pleasant smile.

Usagi took her usual seat on the right side of her mother and said, "And I'll have to get used to being called that."

"Would you rather we call you Neo Princess Serenity all over the place?" said Rei with a light giggle.

Usagi smiled and shook her head. "Usagi is fine thanks."

"So Chibi--, I mean Usagi, are you ready for tonight?" said King Endymion.

Once again she shook her head. "Not in the least, What if I'm not a good Sailor Moon? What if whatevers coming is evil and I can't save everyone?"

Neo Queen Serenity could see the tears welling up in her daughters eyes and said, "You'll do fine sweetheart, you've spent the past four years training and nobody said you'd have to do it alone. Everyone of us will always be here to help. You are more than ready."

Usagi looked at her mother and smiled. "You're right, everything will be fine. I guess I'm just kinda scared. I don't like not knowing what I'm up against."

"Neither do we. But you just have to have faith in your abilities Usagi. The other Senshi and I all agree from training you that whatever we come up against you'll be ready," said Makoto trying to reassure Usagi that she could do it.

Usagi smiled and nodded. Breakfast was served and everyone ate and talked about the party that was to be held later that night.

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Later that day Usagi was in her room, deciding what to wear, when all of a sudden she felt extremely dizzy. She sat on her bed and held on to one of the bed posts to steady herself. She lost sight of everything around her and then she saw destruction, all around her. Everyone was calling for help, then she saw him.....Elios. He was calling out to her. Calling for her to help them. Then she blacked out.

When she came to she was very confused, but she remembered everything about the vision. Would the things that happened in her vision actually happen? Would Elios come back to her? He said he would, one day. She went through the rest of the day in a blur, contemplating everything in the vision.

After picking out a blue and pink dress that looked exactly like her mothers, she went downstairs to join the party which had already commensed in the ballroom. She entered the ballroom and thought she had never seen it look so beautiful in her life. Everyone was talking, laughing, dancing and having fun, however all she could think about was her vision, and of him.

Her mother and all the girls saw her from across the room. She went to them and recieved a hug from Rei, Ami, Minako and Makoto. From her mother she recieved a hug and a light kiss on her forehead.

"Are you enjoying yourself Usagi?" said Ami, smiling.

"Yes I am, this is so wonderful. I guess I'm just a little nervous"

Her mother looked at her and gave her a tender smile. "You'll do fine, you are ready, I know you are."

Usagi smiled. The ballroom may have looked beautiful but she needed to do some serious thinking right now. She excused herself and went out the back of the ballroom, into the courtyard. She'd stoped only once to look at and smell the beautiful rosses and moon flowers. She'd thought it wonderful that Ami-Chan had been able to collect samples from the moons surface and recreate such beautiful flowers. They're pink and blue mixture of color had always made her smile and they're smell had always enchanted her senses. After a few minutes in the floral garden area of the courtyard she continued on to her most favored place in all the palace, the lake behind it. She sat on a nicely carved concrete bench. She began to think about the vision again, how ominous its meaning. But what had it meant? What had it really meant? She toyed with the thought for a few minutes before sighing in frustration. Then, at then at very moment, a bright light began to form in the center of the lake. She instantly sprang to her feet, but didn't move. She watched the light gather itself and grow. There was no doubt in her mind that she could move, in fact she had every faith in her mobility, however it was curiousity which held her there.

The light shown brightly, and began to form something resembling that of a human. After a few moments it looked as if it had collected all it could and hovered erily over the lake. The light then began to fade and as it did it was replaced by something much more solid looking. Once her eyes had focused on it she didn't quite believe she was seeing it at all. It was Elios.

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